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He said: “The reverse was the truth, but you had no reason to know that at the time. However, through misguided loyalty to your father, you agreed to pick up the phone and phone the police, claiming that you had been in the car with him and that your father had been attacked by Mr Bruce.”

The judge described this as “a reflex action” and said he was prepared to make an exception and spare Callum jail.

He handed him four months in prison, suspended for 18 months, and a 20-day rehabilitation activity requirement.